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Lil guy was tiny, probably his birthday.

My Carolina Mantis, Kiri, is reaching the end of her life and I have been thinking of how to handle the care of her body once she passes. Initially I wanted to pin her and keep her displayed but I don't have the heart to do it, she is too dear a friend and I can't bring myself to pin her when the end comes. I'd like to give her remains to the water; I live near several rivers and could set her adrift after she passes but I'm not sure what to construct to see her off. A tiny raft of sticks? A small biodegradable boat? Looking for ideas and suggestions to help honor the passing of a lovely lady when her time comes

Please help! My fruit fly culture died!! I had no idea- I just read that they only last a month or so and I’ve had it since September. I went to my local pet store (where I bought the culture) and they didn’t have it. Smallest thing they had was wax works which I know can be given as a treat (not very healthy) so I bought them out of desperation. I think that they are too big though because she looked interested but didn’t eat it. I don’t know what to do while I’m waiting for a new culture. I went ahead and bought one online but I’m freaking out. I don’t want her to starve and die. What do I do in the mean time?! PLEASE!

I'm a pretty new mantis owner but he past few weeks small bits of mold have started to appear at the base of any wood I'm putting in an enclosure and the soil is always too dry and the moss get super dry too even if I spray multiple times a day but that makes the mold grow and I'm stressing tf out. Should I get isopods and what type or any soil/substrate, wood and moss recommendations. I use coco fiber as of right now Sorry this is so ramble-y I think this might've killed my orchid mantis and I really don't want the others to die.

I already have two of these mantises that are hierodula indonesia and I take care of them like any other mantids that I took care of before. I am just curious if you ever raised these mantises before and what to know about them as these are not a well known species. I want to know more about them so I can give them the best care possible please? The only thing that I know about these species that is unique about them is that the female has 10 instars and males have 9.

Female i6 Hierodula Indonesia

Female i6 Hierodula Indonesia

Freshly molted Male i5 Hierodula Indonesia

Molted male i5 Hierodula Indonesia

I'm trying to get a spiny flowered mantis ideally, I havs a giant asian who is pretty old (nearly a Yr) and I don't want to get a mantis who looks like him as it will be pretty sad for me

My problem is all the sellers website so far I've looked at are out of stock of these mantids, any ideas? I bought my giant Asian from unseen universe and looked at are few other websites

Our elderly female (final moult 4th April!) still hasn't laid an ooth.

She isn't oozing from her abdomen but got to the point where she was so stretched her insides came oout between segments.

We cut down on any large food and are running long periods between any food at all, each time she bulges back out.

A couple of her legs aren't moving properly and we suspect she fell at some point.

She is still pooping, we've moved her to a smaller enclosure and changed the layout to give more options for laying but unfortunately that didn't work either although I think she has been trying.

She has been quite aggressive so the only handling has been cleaning out and moving her between enclosures for the last couple of months.

Our only hope now is she doesn't burst!

Not looking for any advice but there has been quite a few chats on egg-bound females and some interest in what can be done - in our case I think nothing more bar wait and see, and hope she passes through age not abdominal tearing.

Found a full-grown Chinese mantis outside right before it was going to start snowing.

She's underweight, won't eat anything aside from some honey and very little liquid food (but only a few bites), hasn't pooped in a few days, isn't molting, and one of her arms wasn't working but she kinda gained use of it again after a few days.

Does anyone know what's going on with her? I would appreciate any advice

Edit: I've tried giving her live insects (and even dead ones), but she just runs away from them

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Raising a ton of babys right now and asked myself the question on how to care for the flys to get the most outa them. Last time I had flys (when mommy mantis was a baby) that stuff at the bottom turned brown at some point and the flys died. Do I put em somewhere warm or cold? Also, can I breed these flys the get more? Tryed that last time in a different cup but the ones I seperated just died off with no new ones emerging from that paste after waiting.

Please for the love of god I wanna make a huge colony out of this tank but I can’t find a single one for sale I’m gonna tweak 😭😭😭

I was looking at in iNatrualist and looking at around 2000 pictures of observations of the European mantis and almost all were green or brown and a very few yellow and turquoise ones. But what surprised me was a black coloration which is extremely and I did not know they exist until looking through 2000 pictures of all different mantis specimens, there was only 1 that was black one, so weird colorations do exist but they are very rare.

credit - iNatrualist: rubenferreira

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